Sweat on Chen Mu's forehead had almost gathered into a little river as he stared fixedly at the light screen. Without realizing it, he had held that posture for three hours. What strange structural patterns! He had racked his brains just to barely identify one structure; all the others were completely unfamiliar. Even identifying that one structural pattern had cost him tremendous mental effort.
Just as he worked out the purpose of that structural pattern, it dimmed on the light screen. It was this sudden change that jolted Chen Mu out of his thoughts.
He looked around blankly. Three hours of prolonged concentration had left him struggling to come back to his senses. It took a full half minute before his thoughts gradually cleared. Suddenly, he felt an uncomfortable clamminess all over his body and realized that, without his noticing, his clothes had become soaked with sweat.
Every one of these structural patterns was exceedingly strange, vastly different from the Tianyou Federation's card system. They differed considerably even from the theories in the Mysterious Card. Fortunately, though, they were not entirely unrelated to the theoretical knowledge within the Mysterious Card. It was thanks to that theoretical framework that Chen Mu had managed to identify one structural pattern.
This structural pattern closely resembled a Planning Card, though there were certain differences. In terms of sophistication alone, it fell slightly short of the Planning Card knowledge described in the Mysterious Card. That was the only reason Chen Mu had barely managed to identify it; otherwise, he could have forgotten about it. These complex structural patterns were truly a little too profound for him at his current level.
He twisted his sore, stiff neck and glanced back at Alfonso, who was staring at the light screen before him in utter absorption. Alfonso's screen